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CRAFTING CAREER INTERVENTIONS FOR MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS: REPORT ON A SABBATICAL Professor Jon Briscoe, College of Business, Northern Illinois University Presentation to Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees February 18,2016

“ CAREER ”: TRADITIONAL VERSUS EMERGENT Emerging Realities Traditional Assumptions • Self-Driven • Organizationally Driven • Employability • Job Security • Learning How • Knowing How • Personal Success • Societal/Orgtl. Success Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

PROTEAN CAREER -Values-Driven Career Orientation -Self-Directed Career Management Statistically Linked with: • Promotions • Career Satisfaction • Coping with Change • Self-Awareness • Learning Orientation • Proactive Personality Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016 RESEARCH QUESTION: How can protean type careers be encouraged and developed in the classroom?

OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPED INTERVENTIONS BY YEAR(S) DEVELOPED 2002 2006 Sabbatical Classroom 2011-12 Theory on 2012 Research on Career Classroom career Career Positive transitions Assessment & Psychology (e.g. and career Training (Julie 2013 emphasizing Success in 12 Unite Dissertation, Sabbatical Character Traits) Department of Countries with Lea Waters, Psychology) University of Past and Future Melbourne Timelines Autobiograph- ical and “future narratives” Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

INTERVENTION COMBINATIONS Part- Part- MBA EMBA 1 PMBA EMBA 2 Time Time Career UG MBA 1 MBA 2 Work- (Teaching shop only) No X Intervention Career Theory X X X X X X Values and X X X X Self-Directed X Skills Positive X X X Psychology Timelines X X Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

KEY RESULTS • All interventions impacted “values - driven” orientation and subjective career success but positive psychology and “timelines” interventions were the strongest • Timelines resulted in greater career optimism. • Positive psychology and Timelines were the strongest interventions and impacted identity awareness and values-awareness in addition to values driven and subjective career success. These in turn were associated with career planning and adjustment. • No interventions led to a change in self-directed career management Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

IMPLICATIONS • Emotions, identity and cognitive reflection were more impacted than overt career behavior, but these do lead to being more “planful” and satisfied. • Timelines and Positive Psychology are key to these results. Both of these were developed as a direct result of the sabbatical • Career development in the studied context takes depth, time and space…no quick fixes. Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

OTHER RESEARCH CONDUCTED DURING SABBATICAL -Facilitated data gathering in several countries to develop the first-of-its-kind Global measure of career success. -Direct survey data gathering in Brazil, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, The Philippines, and the United States. -Extension of 2006 sabbatical research stream. -Resulted in research collaborations, funded institutional invitations, and instruments that can help practitioners as well as students. Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016

OUTCOMES LINKED TO SABBATICAL RESEARCH • 3 Refereed Journal Articles • 3 Book Chapters • 3 presented and 2 submitted (under review) major conference presentations -Goal of both research projects was to produce quality scholarship ,but also to help employees and students have more meaningful and satisfying careers. THANK YOU to NIU and Board of Trustees for supporting the sabbatical! Briscoe Sabbatical Presentation NIU Board of Trustees February 18, 2016